The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-14 00:00:00

BONNET'S SILKS a LYON. —Every Article of I commer ce takes its title either from the inventor or 'aianvfacturer. and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNE:1"S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica 'Owl in Em2;land ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos:a by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end o f each piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. THE MODER N AUGUSTUS, or The Lie of a Lifetime, in FUN This Peek.—One Penny. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDE - N. Under the Management of Miss Louisa ryne and 3lr. W. Harrison. TIILi EVMING, to commence with (10 1 . h time) an en tirely new Op.e.retta, entiVed FANCIIETTE. Miss Louisa ryn , • and :lir. 'W. Harrison. Atter which. a Grind Christmas antomime, on a sale of unprecedented magnificence, entitled HAIL LEQIIIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors opeil at hall-past Six— 'ommence at Seven. ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. j . Managl Ts, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVE'N'IING, the Performances will commence with the New Serio-Cotnic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled 'GUT AND MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messi's. Ryder, Raynor, FL zjames, and Misses B. Leclercq, Atain-s.on, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD TEE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders thp World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri; of.Barlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, blessrs. W. A. Barnes and J. Morris ; Columbines, Madame Bolen° and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usuaL Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. J OYAI. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEIIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated ',very Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD : ".4essrs. 11. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; ALisses Percy, Pauline Leclercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. lter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEHONIO, a Love otor 7, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chmnicle-," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal cuarac , (fly Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, (ougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hata and cloaks, and - i liac the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to ;Iceive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden , Terry , Lindley, Hill, &c After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S T H EATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLEQUI:\ LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't snow what to do. _ 11Vr EW THEATItE-R0 PAL, ADELPHL— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE MOTHER AND CHILD .&RE DOING WELL : Mr. J. L. Toole, ( at to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil lmfton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and airs. Billing - ton. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his Seven Magi Men. Ilessrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, Stephenson • Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss _Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT, BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, the 90th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the pritcipal character in the new Five Act Drama cif LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. GREAT ATTRACTION. —First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MATHEWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs. Brown, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 1833; or, the Sensations of the Past Season, until further notice. Among the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. Charles Mathews. THIS KVENING. and during the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTURES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CUCUMBER ; and 1863; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON. - ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanboroug:ll. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS : Miss K. Carson. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS .AND EURY 010 E : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborougb, Marie Wilton, Hughes, Sic. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with TURN lIIM OUT. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING DITELLIGENCE, pen he had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, News AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 40m.—Afternoon, 6h. 3m, £O-HOH3oltr.-31orning, 6h. 25m.—Afternoon, 6h. 48m. The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 14, 1864., TREIOIO34ETEU. This day at Two o'clock .. 42 Barometer-30.32. Wind—N..E. ; moderate, and hazy. 17 , -,sls LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 1364. dev his —h The Moniteur is M. TRIERS' justification. That is—if he needs justification. Such, however, we our selves do net conceive to have become in any way necessary. And, if for no other reason, for this— that his Majesty the EMPEROR was himself the one to take the initiative in the revival of the agitation of the grand constitutional question of Reform. NAPOLEON 111., and no other than NAPOLEON 111. took the initiative thus—it is only fair to remember it—quite spontaneously. He voluntarily—in obedi ence to no pressure from without—of his own free will—of course in the interests of his dynasty, but from whatever motive, we repeat, it was the French EMPEROR himself who quite spontaneously revived, about a year ago, in the stagnant political atmo sphere which Frenchmen had been doomed, until then, to breathe ever since the date of the coup d'etat, the first refreshing gusts of returning Freedom. That Freedom of some kind has already, indeed, returned to France at the bidding of the EM PEROR, 15 proved by a variety of facts, facts visible on all hands, facf.s beyond the reach of con tradiction. Why, it is, for that matter, proved to absolute demonstration by the vary speech just no w delivered from the Legislative tribune by M. TRIERS, as the mouthpiece of the Op position. That noble and, in many respects, dauntless oration is demonstrative of itself that freedom of discussion to no inconsiderable ex tent has, oven now, been assured to France, by th e will, at the instance, in compliance with the personal suggestion, of the despotic ruler who holds, the while, within his single grasp, within the vigorous and delicate grasp, of his strong right hand, the whole of the accumulated reins of the Imperial Government. Thanks to his common sense regard for his own dynastic interests, if for no other loftier or less selfish reason, France is already tasting the reinvigorating sweets of return• g Liberty of various kinds. Liberty of Represen t4tion—proved by the result of the elections, more especially by the return of the Opposition candi dates throughout the arrondissements of Paris, without one solitary exception! Liberty of Speech— proved by this very Oration of M.THIERs, an oration delivered by him even from the tribune of the Corps Legislatif, under the Presidency of a high official as imperially fastidious as M. Le Due DE MORNY ! Freedom of the Press—ex. gr. the verbatim report of that bold, manly, thoroughly outspoken harangue of M. TRIERS, as given, ipsissima verba, in the columns of the Muniteur ! Let it be borne in mind that this speech of M. THIERS is one characterised by nt , ordinary boldness. It is, in some sense, a great liberal manifesto. It is, in its whole purport' dire ctly in harmony with that most noble, and, indl ied, we would even go so far as to say, most affect ing peroration of ADOLPHE TRIERS' " Histoire du Col isulat et de l'Empire," the closing words, the cl!c caning thought of that grand historic master p icce--Vorthy at once of the genius of the histo ri sits and of the glory of his Hero—where M. 'WEBS completes the record of the wondrous c aree r of NAPOLEON THE GREAT with—A Cry for 'Libez rty And i he is consistent—not only in echo- I low, with his eloquent lips, that cry from the of his soul, inscribed in immortal words by no less eloquent pen upon the tablets of History is consistent in identifying always with his full and earnest appreciation of the Child of the Revolu tion, his own persevering advocacy of those liberal prim 3iples which it was the office of the Revolution to in augurate, and of which principles NAPOLEON, as ti Le great Revolution's Child and Champion, was, in the very truest sense, the living incarnation. They are no idle words, we may be certain, these words addressed to the French Legislature by M. TRIERS on Monday, and published in extenso immediately afterwards—not suppressed as in discreet, bat printed verbatim et literatim—in the columns of the Moniteur. Words, thoughts, con victions, the weighty mrort of which are com pressed within the compass of the final sentence of M. 'THIERS' harangue—that last (accordingly as it may be received between the Nation and the EMPEROR) either formidable or auspicious sentence is which M.THIERS said," Let it never be forgotten that France, scarcely awakened, and with whom the exaggeration of desire is so prompt, if she now allows it be asked for in a deferential and respectful manner, may, perhaps, one day exact it." Or, to give the very words in which this burning truth fell from the great orator's tongue :—" Qu'on ne I'oublie pas, tontefois, ce pays a peine eveille, ce pays si bouillant et chez qui l'exageration du desir est si pres du reveil, s'il permet aujourd'hui qu'on demands pour lui d'une maniere deferente et respectueuse, un jour pent- etre it exigera !" The literal truth of which assur ance who is there in the wide world who shall gainsay ? Certainly, for one—not the French Ex • PER OR ! With his judgment chastened in the school of adversity—with his intelligence, naturally large and keen, enlarged by reflection and rendered more penetrant by experience—with his dynasty to cons)lidate, with his throne to strengthen, with his son's interests to cherish and conserve, with every conceivable inducement impelling him to undertake the realisation of the designs he himself has been the first to indicate as lying before him in the Path of his Duty—Naro- LEON 111. can only be in doubt, now, can only be disposed yet to hesitate, as to the time at which, as to the proportions in which, the imperial institu tions of France under his rule shall be widened, deepened, elevated, according to his own projected scheme for their wise and constitu tionally liberal development. Already he him self has put his hand to the work of this development. Hence, in simplest truth, as a pure matter of fact—an Opposition has been called into existence in the bosom of the Imperial Legis lature ! Hence—all Paris has been enabled to return the popular candidates, by preference to the candidates proposed for its acceptance by Govern ment ! Hence—radiantly conspicuous at the head of that compact but powerful Opposition, appears the oratorical and statesmanlike genius of M. TRIERS, the genius of that indepen dent and patriotic historian who, having raised as it were a Temple of Fame, are perennius, to the glory of NAPOLEON, did so appa rently in order that from the topmast pinnacle of it, he might all the more effectively, in accents that will resound through the hereafter, raise that one dominant cry of his soul, that Cry for Liberty. The news from New Zealand is important, and on the whole satisfactory, although in one respect it leaves room for regret. The natives have suc ceeded in evacuating their stronghold at Mere- Mere without coming into collision with the troops, and notwithstanding loss of life has been thereby avoided, the advantage of gaining a decided victory over them has been consequently lost. It will be remembered that the Maories strongly entrenched at a place called Mere-Mere, which was protected in front by the river and in the rear by a labyrinth of swamps and marshes. At this spot General CAME RON had concentrated his forces, resolved by a grand coup to reduce the natives to submission, and an attack was daily expected when the last news left. It seems that the new iron steam gunboat lately arrived from Australia arrived at the Waikato Heads at the close of October, and occupied her appointed position facing Mere-Mere. The Maories endea voured to oppose this proceeding,and used their guns with so much skill as to give rise to a suspicion that they were directed by Europeans. The iron clad vessel, how - ever,was proof against their salutes, and remained ready for further operations. The gunboats already on the spot commanded the river and a small str...am adjoining, so that it was con cluded that the Maories would endeavour to retreat by the land, and accordingly the ironclad steamer proceeded a few miles up the river to land a de tachment of troops so as to frustrate any such at tempt. An attack was immediately made by the natives on this position, but without success, and arrangements were made for a united attack the next day en the entrenchment from which it was supposed that all means of retreat had been com pletely cut off. Native subtlety, however, and an unthought of contingenoy frustrated the General's plans, for before the appointed hour for the assault, Mere-Mere was deserted, without, it is said, the loss of a single man. The condition of the river had not been taken into consideration, its swollen state having converted the swamps into highroads for the native canoes. It is said in one account that they were seen taking their flight in 18 canoes, but could not be followed. It is certainly im• probable that the British forces had any boats of sufficiently light draught to be able to pursue them, while the skill of the natives in such a case would of course be far saperior, and would probably have enabled them to baffle their pur suers, had their designs been discovered earlier. It is a further proof of the quickness and handi ness of the Maories, and their readiness in taking advantage of any chance that may arise in their favour. It is certainly a great thing that they should be dislodged from their strongholds, which is now in the hands of our troops i who have taken possession of three pieces of cannon left there, thus depriving the Maories of one of their most formidable resources. The body of natives who were encamped at Mere-Mere have disap peared from siglit, having probably dispersed, but the experience now gained by our men in bush warfare, and the success of the flying columns recently organised, gives no ground for hoping that they will, before long, be forced to lay down their arms. The difficulties they must experience in procuring food in the bush, com pared with the arrangements for the supply of our troops, adds another to our chances of speedy success. One very satisfactory par; of the intel ligence brought by this mail is the unanimous resolution, in official quarters, to prosecute the war with promptitude and vigour. The War and Peace parties in the House of Representatives have not only agreed but combined a new Alinistry uniting the leaders of both aides. It is at length admitted by all that a strong hand is needed to secure the lives and property of the settlers. Either the settlements must be abandoned, or the Waikatos must be disarmed and dispersed. The necessary severity may and must be matter of regret, bat the alternative leaves no choice. It must be remembered, too, that the hostilities are entirely of the Maories' own causing—the only fault of our Government having been of late a too great eager ness to conciliate and concede. There was, un doubtedly, a good deal of mismanagement about the occupation of the land in the Waikato district, more especially with regard to the Tatairamaka block ; but the charge of causeless bloodshed must certainly rest on the heads of the natives, who have followed up their barbarous commencement by committing eighteen murders within the last month of which we have any intelligence. The confiscation of the native land at Waikato and Taranaki has been re solved upon ; and, indeed, no other coarse holds out the? smallest promise of peace. The disarmament of the natives is another necessary step, while the proposed military settlements will afford substantial protection to the colonists, and will retain the con fiscated lands with a firm grasp. Roads are to be carried further into the country, thus depriving the natives of their principal strongholds—the swamps, marshes, and bush lands. It is satisfactory to find that in other districts the Maories, probably owing to the discomfiture of the natives at Waikato, are on friendly terms with the settlers. A resolute settlement of this affair will be of incalculable ad vantage to all the settlements of New Zealand. Half measures now would be most mistaken mercy —they would be cruel alike to colonist and native; denying the former that support and protection which he has a right to claim from his Government, and encouraging the latter to the prosecution of a struggle which, if maintained, must end in their total extermination. The Maories are by nature a very superior race to the generality of aborigines, and the aptitude they have shown in acquiring European tactics prove that they are capable of a high degree of cultivation. If they can be made to lay down their arms and live peaceably with the settlers, it is possible that they may riso in the scale of races; but it is very certain that they must now be reduced to unqualified submission, if we hope to retain a footing in the colony. No sooner do our artillery contrive guns capable of penetrating all existing armour plating thaa some newly-devised plan for protecting vessels is projected. While Mr.REED is contending that no shot can penetrate his Bellerophon target, which, by the way, has never yet been subjected to the ordeal of a fair trial, namely, such as the Warrior target has undergone, Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG claims for his monster six hundred and ten pounder a complete triumph, inasmuch that with a single shell he destroyed the aforesaid target at a range of four thousand yards. Yet again last Friday a trial took place at Shoeburyness with the old sixty eights, which proved that after all the money and labour expended on these new guns the old service gun can be as effective against armour plates as any of the new inventions. The only difference made is that instead of a cast-iron spherical projectile being employed a steel one of the same form and weight has been substituted. The result has been that where the cast-iron hall made only a slight indentation the steel shot penetrated the four and a half inch plating and sunk into the teak backing. It was considered, however, by those present that had the charge but been slightly augmented the target would have been broken through, and this, too, with a spherical shot, the worst possible form of projectile for penetrating armour plating. We have no doubt that if flat-headed bolts, so con structed as to carry true to their mark, were sub stituted, the penetration, even with the ordinary sixteen pound charge of powder, would be easy. Let it not, however, be supposed that the substitu tion of steel for iron is any grand discovery of the Lords of the Admiralty or dockyard authorities. Such a proposition may have been made to them a year or so ago, but of what avail would that have been ? What has awakened the Government of England to the importance of steel shot is the fact that a leading firm in Sheffield, Messrs. JOHN BROWN and Co., Atlas Steel and Iron Works, have been for some time past manufacturing such projectiles for the Russian and other Governments, while Messrs. BLAKELY and Co. are providing the same Governments with guns equal to any yet tried at Shoeburyness or elsewhere. Let us console our selves, however, on the principle of better late than never ; and if the Admiralty have been dilatory in some respects, and shown undue partiality to cer tain parties, to the detriment of the interests of the country, they have been active enough in ex perimenting on iron plated targets, and in the construction of experimental fleets at an enormous cost. We have considerable doubts as to the effi ciency of ironclads for general purposes, but such as they are, England can boast to have sent to sea the finest and largest ironclads yet afloat. What the Americans will do hereafter time will show. The Sect etary of their navy stated the other day that the class of vessels which were required to contend with England in a forthcoming war would require to be of such dimensions as would enable them to carry any requisite thickness of armour, large storage for coals, powerful engines, and guns of the heaviest calibre. The expense of such ves sels, however, he observes, would be so heavy, that he could not give the order for the construction even of ono without the sanction of Congress. From such statistics, coming from such a quarter, we are led to suppose that the forthcoming navy will be so many ironclad Great Easterns, and we expect that a like ill success awaits them. The late statement regarding the repulse of the monitors in the attack on Charleston shows clearly that this class of ves sels are useless when contending against heavy forts, and we expect that the like re sults would follow an engagement with a heavily armed frigate, the concentration of whose fire would soon place the armadillo, hors de combat. Of what avail are turrets, bomb-proof though, they be, if an unlucky shot deprives them of all motive power. The Americans have just launched, after considerable difficulty, their last naval chef d'csuvre, the Dictator. She is 314 feet in length, 50 feet in breadth, and 221 feet deep. Her armour is 11 inches in thickness, with 3 feet of oak to back it. She is provided with a revolving turret 27 feet diameter, composed of iron 18 inches thick, in which will be placed two 13-inch guns, carrying projectiles -weighing 304 pounds. Is this what armour plating is to come to ? True, the leviathan is provided with a formidable beak, to enable her to aet as a ram, but even then only two guns for all that armour-plating, costly engines, and heavy working expenses—why each shot that she fires will cost the States some 100,000 dollars, unless she be almost constantly in action. \% T O might almost exclaim with Prince HAL, "Only one halfpenny worth of bread to all that Sack l" All the nations of Europe are now provided with rifled cannon, and all the maritime ones are possessed of (or soon will be) guns which will be able to pene trate any ordinary armour-plating. It is more than doubtful if the Dictator's eleven-inch plates would withstand the shock of BLAKELY'S 800 pounders, or ARMSTRONG'S 600 pounders. But we have yet to learn whether monster guns or shot-proof sides could resist British seamen when the cry was, "Boarders, away." This experiment has yet tc, be made, and when that trial comes off, we expect the result will be something more than a burst gun or a shattered target. Let us then pay every attention to the build and speed of our ships, and their ag gressive powers, rather than waste time and money in trying to find out how best to keep oat of dan ger. A fast ship can either force or decline an en gagement; a slow one, however strong, cannot run away from, nor yet can she overtake, her enemy. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAM.] AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 14. It is asserted that Count Rechberg addressed a circular note the day before yesterday to all the German States formally requesting that the Federal Diet shou d strictly observe the limits of its competency. Should it go beyond these limits in the question of the succession tp the Duchies the two great German powers would be compelled to settle that question themselves. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION, NEUMUNSTER, JAN. 13 (Evening). A meeting of 80 clergyme❑ have resolved to for ward an address to the Federal Diet, requesting the recognition of Duke Frederick. It was also resolved to send a deputation from all the parishes to Duke Frederick, on Friday next, to present a reply from the German clergy to his address. KIEL, SAN. 13. Duke Frederick received several persons of dis tinction to-day, and among them Count Reventlow Farve, who had hithorto held aloof. SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 13. The official Gazette of today publishes a Royal ordinance authorising the Spanish financial corn mittees abroad to receive proposals for the auctions of the Ist and 2d Interior Passive Debt, and the Foreign Passive Debt. MADRID, SAN. 14. The Po'itica asserts that the English Ambassador has presented a despatch to the Spanish Govern ment, requesting a settlement of the question of the English certificates of the Passive Debt. THE NEW FRENCH LOAN, PARIS, JAN. 14. M. Limayrac iu this morning's Constitutionnel d wells upon the reception given in Germany to the proposal of a Conference to settle the Schles wig-Holstein dispute. " This reception is a proof how just were the remarks previously made as to its impossibility.'' It is reported that England has proposed mediation. M. Limayrac considers this proposal will encounter more objections even than a Conference, especially in Germany. He points out the difficulties in the way of mediation, while hoping they may not be unsurmountable. The decree stating the conditions of the new loan was published this morning. The public subscription will remain open from the 18th to the 25th January. The issue price will be 66.30. Interest will be reckoned from the Ist January. Subscriptions of 6 francs rente will not be subject to deduction. One-tenth of the amount taken is to be paid at the time of subscription, and the remainder in ten equal instalments on the 21st of each month. A bonus of 4 per cent. will be allowed on all instalments paid in advance. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 14. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon has arrived here. She brings 66 passengers, £2,429 in specie, and 126 packages of cargo. Sir Moses Montefiore left Gibraltar on the 6th for Saffi, in her Majesty's frigate Magicienne, which was placed at his disposal. Sir Moses Montefiore proceeds to Saffi for the purpose of seeking an interview with the Sultan of Morocco, to obtain the assurance that the Jewish subjects of the Sultan shall enjoy throughout his dominions equal rights with Mahometan subjects. Exchange on London at Gibraltar on the Bth inst. was quoted 50k for 90 days' sight; on Paris, 5 27 ; on Madrid, 8 days' sight, 4 prem. THli SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1864, WHAT ARE THE REDS ABOUT ? At this moment, says the Spectator, the Reds are all as busy as birds before a storm. They see, or think they see, that war :s coming in spring, a war out of which Austria cannot keep, a war in which Louis Napoleon must overtly or secretly be on the Mazzinian side. Consequently, all the signs of disturbances to be raised from below are coming in thick and fast. The V.natian Committee, which, alas ! has no longer Ar_anin for chief, warns its followers to be ready for action by the middle of March. Garibaldi; with that contempt for true freedom which nakes him as dangerous as he is single-minded, has thrown up his seat in Parliament because the representatives of the nation chose to condone—no:, mind, to sanction—the severity used in Sicily to enforce the conscription, and in defiance of law has announced his intention of levying war for Rom 3 and Venice. He is apply ing once more for " a million of muskets," and though he will not gat a million;he will get the means to purchase thirty thousand weapons rejected from the State armouries, and perhaps ten thousand good rifles from Liege. The Neapolitans will follow him wherever he leads, and either on the Danube, or in front of the Quadrilateral, this single man throws the force of a considerable State on the side of the Revolution. He may be acting with Victor Emmanuel, who is tired of deficits and longs for an opportunity ; but if he were, he would scarcely apply to Victor Hugo for muskets, and acting alone, he is simply :a knew and exceed ingly formidable element of disturbance, a perma nent menace to the Parliarient, which in its calm patience and fixed resolve 30 admirably represents Italy. Every hour of foreign domination in the Peninsula is an injury to the world; but it is for the nation and not for an individual to fix the time and the means for snapping the last links of the chain. We all live in an age of electric telegraphs, but the cause which has outlived the Bourbons may well afford to wait a few more months. Kossuth is another element of disturbance. He is no professional agitator, no do we dream of placing him in the same category with Mazzini. He represents a nation still without free institu tions, and has a right, therefore, to point out the hour which he thinks opportune for action. But he has no right whatever to threaten such Hunga rians as may agree with his views with the " penalty inflicted upon traitors," that is, death, nor to announce that his committee " is determined to secure obedience to its orders and the accomplish ment of the measures it must take." Those sen tences point to terror, and terror is as vile an in strument in the hands of the Reds as in those of the Kings. It is also, we have admitted, as successful a one, and Louis Kossuth as he condescends, contrary to his own better nature, to use it, may raise a most formidable re sistance to the Austrian Government. The result of that, as of all Red movements, will we fear be disastrous, for the fear of a Hungarian rising will compel Austria to abandon the attack upon Den mark; and Hungary—which during a general war might have obtained her own terms — will only be brought once more face to face with with her old antagonists. The preparations once made, it is as easy for the Austrian Government to precipitate the revolt as it was for the Russian, and another chance for Hungary will have been thrown away. Still the Reds, as we have said, are far stronger than ever they were; and in Hungary, as in Italy, if not also in France and Germany, states men, amidst all other complications, have to reckon with that great element of disturbance which, till the nationalities are freed, calls itself very wisely the New Revolution. THE LATE ARCHBISHOP HUGHES. A telegraphic despatch in our yesterday's impres. sinn announced the death of one of the most remark able men in the United States—a man distinguished not only for his enthusiastic devotion to his peculiar faith, which he propagated with Hibernian ardour, and with a success denied to his countrymen at home, but also for his eminent political position. Archbishop John Hughes was, in his way, a greater man than President Lincoln. Obviously superior to the President in intellect and judgment, he could command the votes of thousands of Irish and German Catholics in support of, or in opposi tion to, the successor of Washington. John Hughes, acccrding to the follow ing account of him, as given in the Morn ing Post, was born iY Ireland in 1798. At 18 he went to America, and was a s t u d e ut at the seminary of Mount St. Nary, Emmettsburg, Mary laordained priest he obtained nd. Afterbeing e ofa cathoiit community in Phila delphia. In 1834 he first became known by his co ntroversy with Dr. Breckenridge, a Presbyterian. In 1838 Dr. Hughes WI Catholics in New Yorl= and in 1853 he was n ominated archbishop.s app o i n ted bishop of the - 5 In 1854 he was one of the prelates of his persuasion 'silo accepted the Pope's invitation to a congress in honour of what was called the "Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin," of which new dogma Archbishop Hughes was a stanch adherent. 'There can be no doubt that, under the energetic guidance of Archbishop H ug h es the Catholics have attained almost a troublesome height of power in New York. liis energy has been un flagging, and there c an b e no quest i on o f his per fect sincerity and ear nestness. He h as ma noeuvred Presbyterians out of their chapels, and it is a great discredit to the Church to say that he has been doing his best to get hold even of the old-esta blished churches of the well-endowed rec t ors " of wh i c h ma y perhaps be not so active in d e f en di ng the right as their aggres sors. Anglican communion , the But it would be a Archbishop v, great m istake to supp ose that Hughes was only an ambitious and suc cessful prelate. If —e was an ardent politician, a wire puller, a Cabinet maker. President Lincoln sent him on a conciliatory errand to England and France during this present civil war. In France he was re ceived with empressm ent of course , but the here tical Engli s h Saw 110 reason to care for the opinion or advice of a C at h ol i c prelate ex partibus. During the ; riots of New York the archbishop ad dressed the rioters in a very inflammatory speech, derogatory to hi s Position as an official of any com munion. Itought to be noted that the archbishop's voice was not for an insane prosecution of a war which may never en d. Not many months ago, on tue consecration of a Catholic place of worship, he said that " a legitimate prayer now would be to stop the effusion of blood —to pray for mercy for both sides of the line, that God in His bountiful Provi dence might brio g this unhappy state of affairs to a gloriou d Conclusion." It may be remembered that the Pope addressed letters to the archbishops of his Church resident in New York and New Orleans respectively, expressive of his wish for the cessation of this Strug g l e among Christian brethren. Archbishop H ughes in 1840 was warmly opposed to the syst em o f pu blic instruction in America; he insisted that schools should not be sustained by the public taxes, or that 0 certain share should be paid to all individual) the hrchbishop objecting to the rea • 11' reading of S cr ipt ure • the national schools. He was also author of " 6 Lectures on the Moral Causes Which have produced the Evil Spicit of the 'Times," " A Debate befo re the Common Council of New York on the S c hool Fund," "A Review of the Lectures of Kerivan" (1853), " The Proprietorship of Church Property" ( 1 8 56 ), Szo. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 13.—The market continues heavy, and speculators still refrain from anything like operations of consequence. Quotations are at the same time pretty well maintained, Threes, for the Account, being now at 66fr. 75c., and Mobilier at 1,030 fr. Little doing in Railway Shares. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 95 20 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 70 Credit Mobilier 1022 50 1)o. end month 1026 25 Bank Sham.; 3300 Credit k oncier 1235 50 Roman .. 74i RAIL" Italian Loan . 68 75 Do. end month.... 59 15 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian .. — Spanish Threes — Florae Debt Deferred rAYB. Cash. Account. 992 50 .. 992 50 950 .. 955 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and biedittirrtuloan New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa .. Ditto to Barcelona .... - 942 50 655 - .. 660 - 517 50 .. -- - 478 75 .. 478 75 385 - .. 385 -- - - .. 396 25 520 - .. 521 25 503 75 .. 507 50 590 - .. 593 75 281 25 .. 282 50 MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 40s 2d ; barley, 31s 7d ; oats, 18s 8d ; rye, 29s 7d ; beans, Ms 2d ; and peas, 333 3d. THE SIX. WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 40s 7d; barley, 32s 4d ; oats, 19s Od ; rye, 30s 4d ; beans, 345 6d ; peas, 33s 7d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 87,369 ; barley, 77,402 ; oats, 12,359; rye, 75; beans, 3,343; peas, 987 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on offer in our market, to-day, was very moderate. Prime Scots change hands somewhat freely, at full quotations. Otherwise the beef trade was in a slug gish state, on former terms. We were fairly supplied with most breeds of sheep. Downs and half-breds commanded full prices, with a fair demand, but heavy breeds were a slow sale, at late rates. The top figure was 6s. per 81bs. There was only a moderate enquiry for calves, at Monday's cur rency—from 4s to 5s 2d per Blbs. The pork trade was steady, on former terms; but mulch cows were almost nominal in value. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. e. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, etc. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Second quality do. 4 6 5 0 Suckling calves, 14s to 20s 20s to 25s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .... Cows l2O Sheep Calves lO5 340 Pigs. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 2 5 8 Pale. S' thdown do .5 10 6 0 Largo orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 2 Large hogs 3 8 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 and quarter-old store pigs, FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 212 Sheep and lambs Calves .... Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATE AND LEA.DENEALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand has somewhat improved. ef, from 2s 10d to 46 2d; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s 8d to 45 6d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 48 8d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTIIALL, Jan. 13.—The supplies of stock were moderate, ano the demand ruled inactive, on rather lower terms. Beet, from 3s 8d to 4s 1, , d; mutton , 4s 2d to 6a Od ; veal, 4 s Od to 4s 8c1; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per Blbs, to sink the offal. RomFoun, Jan. 13.—Every kind of stock moved off slowly as follows : --lleof, from 3s 8d to 58 Od ; mutton, 4s Od to 68 Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 265; and mulch cows, £l4 to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIBLD.—Meadow hay, Os to £4 103 Od ; clover, £4 N to £5 10s O 3; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load. Trade dull. CITIVIBEIMAND.Mea4w hay, Os to X 4 103 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 103 Od ; and straw, £1 64 tO lOs per load. A slow sale. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £l6s to £1 1N per load. Supply moderate, Naval and Military Intelligence. -- --.0- THE NAVY. Yesterday al Portsmouth some firing took place at armour-plates with cast iron, wrought iron, case hardened, and steel shot, from the 05cwt.68 pounder and Armstrong 100 pounder, muzzle loading, smooth bore guns, which was exceedingly interesting, al though the experiments were considerably shortened by the state of the weather, which, settling down into a thick drizzling rain soon after 2 p.m.. so limited the range of vision, that any further firing was postponed until this morning, when it will be resumed and concluded, weather permitting. The target ship Monarch has been placed at the practice moorings in Porchester creek in order to test a 5,4 inch plate sent in by the Mersey Steel Ironworks for the iron frigate Agincourt, and advantage was therefore taken of the opportunity to test some steel and wrought iron shot at the same time. The plate sent in by the Mersey Company had three cast iron shots fired at it from the 68 pounder with 16lbs. of powder, which produced the usual indents of nearly two inches in the centre of the place struck, and then broke up into a thousand fragments. The plate was found to crack in the immediate vicinity of the blows, owing to its evident hardness, but the general results of these three shots were such as are seen on most ordinary testing trials of wrought iron armour plates fired at with cast iron balls. The fourth and filth shots at the same plate were fired from the Armstrong smoothbore with a charge of 25ibs. of powder, the shots being composed of Bes semer steel, manufactured by the Bolton Steel Works Company, and weighing respectively 113,1). and 1141 b. Both these struck on the lower edge of the plate, one 4in. the other Sin. on, and cutting through the plate's outer surface broke away its back in large irregular pieces, driving the whole of the fragments into the ship. On inspecting the inside of the ship a large gap was found through the planking, timbers, and deck, and the gun deck covered with a mass of wooden splinters. Oa examining the hold below fragments of the two shots were found to have gone through the ship's lining and lodged in the timbers on the opposite side. The next shot, of the same description as the last two, was fired from the same gun with a similar charge of powder. This shot struck the plate fairly in the centre, and cut its way through the plate's outer face with a hole 10in. in diameter, carried away large portions of metal from the plate's back, and drove them into the ship's side, the shot remaining embedded in the mass of broken iron and ship's planking and tim bers, with its outer surface nearly two inches below the plate's outer surface. Inside the ship the tim bers and planking were found to be broken and driven inwards at the deepest part 12in. beyond the plane of the ship's side in a space 4ft. long by 2ft. 3in. wide. The ship's side altogether in this space was nearly destroyed, The succeeding shot was di rected at the same plate from the same gun, and with a similar charge of powder, but the shot was somewhat differently manufactured. It had been supplied by Messrs. Frith and Co., of Sheffield, and weighed about 11b. more than the Bolton company's shot. It was of steel, but not of the Bessemer manu facture. This shot struck the plate fairly, and buried itself below the plate's outer surface in a hole with a diameter of 10in., opening a semi-circular fissure round the hole which extended right through the plate to its upper edge, and evidently tore away large slabs from the back of the plate. This was the most mischievous looking shot of the whole, and it was a matter of wonder on being first examined from the outside of the ship that it had not gone right through the ship's side. On examining the in side of the ship, the shot was found to have struck in front of a massive wooden knee, and this had evi dently held up the planking and timbers in their position and prevented the shot entering the interior of the ship. In performing this duty, however, the knee was split up and shattered from top to bottom. The last shot fired was from the 95 cwt. smooth bore, the shot being of wrought iron and case har dened, and fired with the usual service charge of powder of 161 b. This shot was sent against a 44in. plate, which it struck:on its lower edge. It broke away about 4in., the piece so broken being semicir cular, and measuring along the arc 33in. This ex tent of mischief done, the shot rebounded from the plate into the water. A short time since and the amount of damage inflicted by this wrought-iron shot would have been thought very serious. Now, however, that the destroying powers of steel shot have been ascertained, case-hardened wrought-iron shot can rank but little higher than ordinary cast iron shot. The firing yesterday, and also on a pre vious occasion at Portsmouth, have demonstrated clearly the peculiar feature of the steel shot in cut ting its way in through the outer surface of the plate, and then utterly destroying and ripping off its back layers of metal, and driving into and through the ship's side the broken fragments of iron. The introduction of spherical steel shot for the de struction of ironclad ships, has, doubtless, given the gun a vast advantage in the long-fought battle of guns and armour plates. Of such advantage is it, indeed, that nothing remains for it but to doub o the thickness of our future ship armour, and even then the contest would not long be in favour of the armour-plate. There is no doubt that even with our present knowledge the Warrior's 4in. armour plates could be pierced at 1,000 yards by spherical steel shot fired from our 100-pounder smooth-bore guns with their full allowance of powder charge-331bs. yesterday this gun was only fired (at 200 yards certainly) with 251 b. charges. The last plate fired at from this same gun with steel shot was a 51-inch of Mill wall manufacture, and this was pierced through, as was the plate yesterday, by single shots. This plate has been removed from the target ship's side, and yesterday the boat's crew, which went to and fro between the gunboat and the target ship, passed into the target ship from their boat through the hole caused by a single shot which had passed first through a sound 5,4--inch armour'plate. The Japanese might possibly teach us how to build a ship of paper which - should be non-inflammable, and at the same time allow shot or shell to pass in at one side and out again at the other without throwing off splinters or doing other serious damage. The Lyra, 9 guns, screw sloop, Commander Parr, left Spithead at 7 a.m. yesterday for Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope. The Hector, iron frigate, was commissioned at Portsmouth yesterday by Cept. G. W. Preedy, C.B. The Victoria, three-decker, 1,000 horse power, has been brought down Portsmouth harbour, and taken into the old basin to prepare for commission. The Orontes, screw troop ship, Capt. H. W. Hire, at Portsmouth, it has been discovered, possesses a defective fore crank in her new machinery. She is ordered to be supplied with a new one. If detained in port for this, her services will not be available to the Admiralty for some time. It. is, however, pro bable that she will be temporarily fitted with a crank from one of the ships lying in the reserve. The Channel squadron, consisting of the Edgar, 71, Capt. Hornby, and bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral J. C. Decree; the Warrior, 41, Capt. Cochrane; the Black Prince, 41, Capt. Wainwright; and the Defence, 16, Capt. Phillimore, arrived at Madeira on the 26th ult., after an excellent passage of seven days from England, principally under sail. The iron ships surprised every one. They rolled only three degrees more than the Edgar, and were not in ferior to that vessel in their sailing qualities with their screws lifted—the Edgar, Black Prince, and Warrior keeping time under equal sail, and going frequently at the rate of nine and ten knots an hour. Lord Browulow, Mr. Baytnan, and Mr. Erskine gave a grand ball to the officers of the squadron on the day after Christmas, and the Portuguese inha bitants gave a similar entertainment on the follow ing night. The squadron arrived at Ten neriffe on the 2d, after a passage of three days, and sailed for Gibraltar on the sth. THE NEWSVENDERS' BENEVOLENT AND PROVI• DENT INSTITUTION.—With pleasure we observe that J. B. Buckatone, Esq., the generous lessee of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, has granted the above insti tution three benefit evenings at that theatre, and we trust that the trade and the public will, without delay, secure their tickets (which arc available for either the 19th, 20th, or 21st inst.), and thereby add to the funds of this deserving institution, which is established for pensioning or relieving decayed newsvenders, their widows, or ser vants. -1T 6 : F! ~,,--,-'• ~ .7 fteart. HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, JAN. 1 3 . The Queen went to Frogmore this morning, to take leave of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and left at a quarter past one o'clock for Osborne. Her Majesty travelled by special train 00 t he Great Western Railway to B asingstoke. Departure of the Queen for Osborne. Her Majesty the Queen and their Royal High' neeses Princesses Helena and Beatrice visited the Prince and Princess of - Wales and their infant sou yesterday morning, and lunched at Froginore House, after which, having previously taken love of the P rincess of Wales, her Majesty, accompan ied by the Prince of Wales, and Princesses Helena as Beatrice, drove from Frogmore in a close carriage si°, followed by the prince's carriage, to the -Ma station of the Great Western Railway, w bere : special train, furnished by the London and 503111/ Western Railway (and to which was attached he royal state saloon), was in readiness to convey ber Majesty to Gosport, en route for Osborne. On alighting, her Majesty, leaning on the ar li of the Prince of Wales, proceeded through the Pr i i vate waiting-room to the platform, where the s p ecial train was drawn up, Before her Majesty e ntere the state saloon the Prince of Wales bade he r fare' well and kissed his royal parent most affectionatelP and also the princesses, who then entered the traill' Her Majesty, who still adheres to her moureier; robes, was most respectfully received by a ' erg number of spectators at the station. Sir Her Majesty was attended by Sir C. Phip Pet T. M. Biddulph, Lady Churchill, and the Hon.l.l:o' Robert Bruce. The train left the station at 1 . 3 p.m., amid the respectful salutations of the br standers. The Prince of Wales took his seat is tb6 carriage which had conveyed him to the static.; and returned through the town to Froginore• his departure from the terminus he was greet with enthusiastic cheers. The train conveying Per Majesty and the princesses, on leaving AVi rld° :t travelled along the narrow gauge rails of the Gre-it Western to Basingstoke junction, to which statioe was accompanied by Mr. Kelley, the trai n itee being drawn as far as this point by a narrow g ti q tg engine belonging to this company. Here , °°l er arrival, the care of the royal train wa s handed °' 0 to Mr. Godson and the officials of the Sontn-W eete ,.. Railway, by which line the royal passenger s P 'd ' ceeded to the Royal Clarence Victualling t he Gosport, where the Queen embarked on board iot royal yacht, and proceeded to Cowes, en route Osborne, which was reached about five o'ele el the evening. Tbc, Queen is expected to re t/i to to Windsor in about 10 days' time, in order visit the Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales. v . oi ° Her Royal Highness the Princess of - ‘ , ,, 9 1, c e still progressing favourably, and the infant r is likewise going on well. Early yesterday u lo o o ing a rumour was current in Windsor that so Princess had had a relapse, and was not OtteAA well. This, however, was fortunately ineore"tip will be seen from the following official bu ije exhibited at Marlborough House : " Frogmore, Jan., 13, 11 . 30 a ' r ite " The recovery of her Royal Highness t he cess of Wales is proceeding uninterruptedly'. " The infant Prince is perfectly well. D of (Signed) " ARTHUR FARRE, The Viscountess St. Vincent has left -pq -- r° Wv Hotel, Dover-street. , r aoi Lord Wodehouse returned to town vest 9bort from Copenhagen, whither his lordship proce eded time sime on a special mission to the Danish C o urt. „ foi e THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRI A is going to gary, it is said, on the 2d of February. T,Or MR. THACKERAY'S D A UGHTERS have let, ' A ifi t don, and are now stayi ng , it is reporte,,, 03, attached friends at th e I s l e o f Wi g ht, close to Faroe/ felt the residence of the P oet L aurea te. They must 115/6„000 deeply the wide and Unvarying testimony to the g oou' o as well as the literary eminence of their father borne 0 sides, till it accumulates into such a mountain of evidell.ce to character as bears d own an d for ever crushes the earp ;, and malignant tongues that never epared Thackeray wb he lived. It may be safely said of him that no worthoiteowe ject applied to him for help and was refused; 94. worthy person that ever came to know tha t did not love P eto The story on which he was engaged when Prce°tlreleGi off was from English history, the scene la id in the ticiot Henry V., if we remember aright the author's own e ctl° ,,rft of it. He had long meditated a part andtated of it. planned finished the S thoughhe had only AGO/ THE SHAKESPEARE JUBILEE A CENTURY. 4 " 00 The festival proper commenced with breakfast fit Town•lall at 9 o'clock, the while a fife and drum band Pleeit„..l favourite marches outside; the morning having Wee 0 1)0 in, according to Boswell,with" a pleasing serenade bYtmterio musicians from London, in disguise." At 1.1, e 01 ° „ ris s io O r , called "Judith," the words by Bickers t a ff and th,,- sot Dr. Arne, was performed in the church, and m et within° applause. Boswell wishes that prayers had been re7titolt a short sermon preached. The recession front te e c t fo w acsl o'clock, , y no G t a i r n r itchke. mostA la perleegciasnetporddinern,ej was serv ed :ore' dent. He appears to have been satisfied upon however. "The ordinary,with wine (of which. I cit l r a WO' and madeira, both good), lOs 6d." After dinner D ° c od ( e ) ) 1 1:r tclioe:ys:ll 00: venor, who seems to have been the chairman, P r b °l) o/ 1 1 bumper to the steward, Mr. Garrick (" wh eee , 1 li o exhibited the greatest politeness with the truce' or y of o 0 0 ro w and hilarity.") The next toast was to th e the ins t Bard, "to which was subjoined three cheers, ou r rr ebe il t ip of your humble servant, most heartily." (Cluf to rtes! ;ell dent seems to have distinguished himself here')l performers in the orchestra gave catches ee d , g ;„ e c e e ' proved to be so inspiring, that the whole anwele fOett'y in chorus ; the whole closing with " Gods e /c , t „ eoree;:to every voice being exerted. At seven o'clock the a 0 withdrew to prepare for the ball, which oPectiefit,:ll and closed about three ; " remark able of n o — the most elegant minuet that I ever eell'ire• bracedrick, t a naay Mademoiselle i e see, by Mrs. Garrick and Mr. " 8 1 10 a dancer at the S he opera-house in the Haymarket, No "_ Ti°ll " c all if?' / ' formed her minuet well. As to "gr. " - t t 13 088C° On s ee nt a remembered, vieietti,had been A ., ate it s i elf, no information. Could he have be en ' O f/ GEORGEWee GREY'S SAGACIT.* --- ' 1 titt` It is heavy charge against Sir G. GreY ' s O R s ; 1031 city in the administration of his duty that ' - dieie l ;; 111 , portant case he has suffered the equity of ouri ti to JO" a ea to be needlessly impugned. It was open to e irlj ec i l;i 113 ,: pre quired into the value of the certificat es proffet parse t° iii to have declined to act upon the certificates of P opo to viously committed to an ex parte view . It viu ° ots i .P to insist, in such a case as this, where a le.,llsedsgfll,-o'o' tried before a regulartribunal was virtua ll y ioh e ",„ a lunacy commission of the highest character Ile p ublwos have held its sittings in public, and in wh ich t l iit t ()le t terest should have been properly representa"airy ot• his duty to satisfy the public that_the Pe i n t s ote was not suspended without public proof ell aberration of mind. We, indeed, know v7Oll. tl36'iltll picion which prevails among the poorer chug° cui t oe, oi l Townley has got off because he is a man ° f e rich friends, has no justification in Sir George personal character. He is an exceedingly feeble o f 01.0 retary, but, of course, quite above the initleitroyi, justice. Still, it is tolerably certain that had© at bid 004 a poor man, without wealth and influence nee le c o, many of these points in his favour mig ht do uble, 0 0 been raised ; and it is quite certain that . eta to should be taken to prevent even the slightest tea favouritism in the case of a man so strongly oot sonal and local influence. Sir George Gra ``„ ar t° f :tV, double care, he has not even taken coalme n - e e s ' Pr e° os l3. this impression. The Derbyshire magie popular feeling when they say that bis rePriedeptotheo to show that there is one law for the Poo r 00 16 , 1 ° ,4 the rich. The popular impression is, an d ",:s too Bt fully share it, that Mr, Townley committed s t. iolo tO t ot as clear and sane a state of mind as it is P° fieter,sl) 13i° bute to a very jealous man of rather weak cho re loo t 0 ' 0) 0 0 the subsequent strain of 4 months' inWriS°:f hi , n t¢ro ll9 intellect only amounted to such a disturbance t system as any man i n ni„ituation at ight n orle l tlis reef - er to experience. If this impression is false, v ,i lo s tig for its prevalence lies with Sir George G reY ' 0i1(. 1 • ,;„fotor , trategv r for c owed it to the public to enswe ea" - aDo a f tion, and also to throw the proceedings joste-,0 Commission open to public criticshr,e.togenjo pOO sheltering himself behind the confessed Pr J . 38 , 0 iire tit e wonderthree loc t a h l at m a e indignant and demand a public inquiry Wi t the P ub ee 11 0' sent at it whose duty it shall be to represen evidlooet; gthisit:datoefs allan and two !peal copilot, p f e agistrates -' Ol 60 0 e lio rest. A Home Secretary beset with 0.2 24 . r 0 co in a l es it io , always be a wretched Judge of APP."' l o be d i _ io re but even among Home Secretaries it vic u and P'ooo'w find less discretion, weaker judicial powerss,llo Sir noceut instrument of the prisoner's friend GreY'—lYPectator. , t A re 4 % 4 444. )141 2iii ai bi tt °) Ilitto it . 14 1 t 1 4 _ INte --__ x Tb dis ee , th e : 1 Possii Pre v i, angn, abro i oat returi fo r a i St eeke ekti At .4 eutE cer . 7